美国司法部(Justice Department)周三公布了对一名伊朗国民和伊朗革命卫队(Revolutionary Guard Corps)成员的指控，检察官称，他涉嫌试图安排谋杀唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)的前国家安全顾问约翰·博尔顿(John Bolton)，以进行“可能的”报复杀害伊朗高级将领卡西姆·索莱曼尼特朗普当总统的时候。
对45岁的Shahram Poursafi的刑事指控仍然在国外逍遥法外，指控他从10月开始试图向美国的一些人支付30万美元来杀害博尔顿。
Poursafi被控利用州际商业设施从事雇佣谋杀，并为一项跨国谋杀阴谋提供和试图提供物质支持。
在周三案件公开后的一份声明中，博尔顿说，部分内容是:“我想感谢司法部启动了今天公开的刑事诉讼程序;联邦调查局努力发现和追踪伊朗政权对美国公民的犯罪威胁;特勤局再次为德黑兰的努力提供保护。”
“虽然现在不能公开说太多，但有一点是无可争议的:伊朗的统治者是骗子、恐怖分子，是美国的敌人。他们激进的反美目标没有改变;他们的承诺毫无价值;他们的全球威胁正在增长，”博尔顿说。
诉状和支持执法宣誓书进一步指控，总部位于德黑兰的Poursafi和他想在美国雇佣的人如何安排杀人-被联邦调查局确定为机密的人力资源-在2021年底和2022年初，在博尔顿位于华盛顿地区的家和办公室进行了数月的视频和照片监控。
根据宣誓书的时间表，10月22日，Poursafi要求一名未透露姓名的美国居民为Bolton拍照，声称这是为了Poursafi正在写的一本书。证词称，这位居民后来将Poursafi介绍给了联邦调查局的秘密消息来源，Poursafi向此人提供了雇用某人“消灭”博尔顿的钱，并补充说他有另一份“工作”,他将为此支付100万美元。
调查人员还说，Poursafi似乎有关于博尔顿的日常活动和日程安排的私人信息，尽管他的信息来源尚不清楚。
联邦调查局在起诉书中说，据称Poursafi曾建议博尔顿在工作场所的停车场被车撞死，后来又说他应该被枪杀——要么是独自一人，要么是在一群人当中，不要伤害任何人。
证词称，据称与Poursafi合作的消息来源告诉Poursafi，他们正在与第三个人合作，此人与一个卡特尔有联系。
诉状还记录了Poursafi和秘密消息来源之间的大量通信。根据起诉书，他曾一度告诉消息来源，杀人“就像过马路;最好不要花太多时间朝一个方向看，而只是去做。”
根据宣誓书，Poursafi还告诉联邦调查局的消息来源，他的“组织”将要求对目标的死亡进行视频确认。Poursafi多次与消息来源进一步联系，称他受到来自其“团体”或“人民”的压力，要他实施杀戮。
National Security Adviser John Bolton attends a meeting with President Donald Trump as he meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, Aug. 26, 2019.
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美国联邦调查局在书面陈述中称，今年1月，Poursafi告诉消息人士，博尔顿被杀后，他有第二份“工作”，他暗示，为革命卫队工作的某人正在监视美国的第二个未具名目标。
助理司法部长马修·g·奥尔森(Matthew G. Olsen)周三在一份声明中说，“这不是我们第一次发现伊朗在美国领土上对个人实施报复的阴谋，我们将不懈地揭露和破坏所有这些努力。”
在周三晚些时候的一份声明中，乔·拜登总统的国家安全顾问杰克·沙利文说:“拜登政府不会放弃保护和捍卫所有美国人免受暴力和恐怖主义威胁。如果伊朗袭击我们的任何公民，包括那些继续为美国服务或曾经为美国服务的人，伊朗将面临严重后果。我们将继续动用美国政府的全部资源来保护美国人民。”
John Bolton was the target of Iranian murder plot in 'likely' retaliation for general's death: Prosecutors
The Justice Department on Wednesday unsealed charges against an Iranian national and member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps whom prosecutors say allegedly tried to arrange the murder of Donald Trump's former national security adviser John Bolton in "likely" retaliationfor the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimaniwhen Trump was president.
The criminal complaint against 45-year-old Shahram Poursafi, who remains at large abroad, accuses him of attempting to pay various individuals in the U.S. $300,000 to kill Bolton, beginning in October.
Poursafi is charged with use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire and with providing and attempting to provide material support to a transnational murder plot.
In a statement after the case was unsealed Wednesday, Bolton said, in part: "I wish to thank the Justice Department for initiating the criminal proceeding unsealed today; the FBI for its diligence in discovering and tracking the Iranian regime’s criminal threat to American citizens; and the Secret Service for once again providing protection against Tehran’s efforts."
"While much cannot be said publicly right now, one point is indisputable: Iran’s rulers are liars, terrorists, and enemies of the United States. Their radical, anti-American objectives are unchanged; their commitments are worthless; and their global threat is growing," Bolton said.
The complaint and supporting law enforcement affidavit further allege how the Tehran-based Poursafi and the person he wanted to hire in the U.S. to arrange the killing -- identified by the FBI as a confidential human source -- conducted months of video and photo surveillance of Bolton at his home and office, in the Washington area, in late 2021 and early 2022.
According to the affidavit's timeline, on Oct. 22 Poursafi asked an unnamed U.S. resident to take photographs of Bolton while claiming it was for a book that Poursafi was writing. The resident later introduced Poursafi to the FBI's confidential source and Poursafi offered this person money to hire someone to "eliminate" Bolton, adding he had another "job" for which he would pay $1,000,000, the affidavit claims.
Investigators also said that Poursafi appeared to have private information about Bolton's routine and schedule, though the source of his information was not clear.
At one point Poursafi allegedly suggested Bolton be killed by car or in the parking garage at his work and later said he should be shot -- either while he was alone or, if he was in a group, without harming anyone else -- the FBI said in the complaint affidavit.
The source whom Poursafi allegedly worked with told Poursafi they were working with a third individual who had ties to a cartel, the affidavit states.
The complaint affidavit also documents extensive communications between Poursafi and the confidential source. At one point, according to the complaint, he advised the source that killing someone "was like crossing the street; it was better not to spend too much time looking in one direction, but just to do it."
Poursafi also told the FBI's source that his “group” would require video confirmation of the target’s death, according to the affidavit. Poursafi repeatedly made further contact with the source, stating he was under pressure from his "group" or "his people" to have the killing carried out.
In January, the FBI alleged in the affidavit, Poursafi told the source he had a second "job" once Bolton was killed and he suggested that someone working for the Revolutionary Guard Corps was conducting surveillance on an unnamed second target in the U.S.
"This is not the first time we have uncovered Iranian plots to exact revenge against individuals on U.S. soil and we will work tirelessly to expose and disrupt every one of these efforts," Assistant Attorney General Matthew G. Olsen said in a statement Wednesday.
In a statement later Wednesday, President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said: "The Biden Administration will not waiver in protecting and defending all Americans against threats of violence and terrorism. Should Iran attack any of our citizens, to include those who continue to serve the United States or those who formerly served, Iran will face severe consequences. We will continue to bring to bear the full resources of the U.S. Government to protect Americans."
